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Yet his insistence of conversing with her in private was too intriguing to pass up She had more questions And Jade wanted answers

“Fine,” she conceded, whether it was in her best interest or not “You h when all was said and done, what choice did she really have? He was the one in charge Still, Jade told hie, not at the castle”

Demands Who was she to make them? And yet she did

A hint of amusement crossed his prominent facial features With a nod, he said, “The library, then” He eyed Lisette “Do you mind?”

Her worried g

aze flitted to Jade, who gave her a small smile of reassurance

“Of course not,” Lisette consented What choice did she have?

“Jade” Michael’s is Certainly, he’d obsess over her safety

“It’ll be okay,” she told him “His Majesty merely wishes a discussion behind closed doors and everyone here knohen and where we’recould hardly expect it to be disht?”

She glanced over her shoulder and found Walker and Toran rigid and at the ready—for what, she wasn’t sure It wasn’t as though the two of the went awry Even with Lisette’s vanquishing spells to help Regardless, having everyone bear witness as she ement with the most superior of immortals provided a modicum of relief

So she said, “Lead the way, my Lord”

Theythe ay, Jade’s strides wide enough to keep up with the Des, she suspected he’d slowed his usual pace a tad so she could match it When they reached the library, he burst into it and turned swiftly to confront her

“First,” he said as he wagged a finger in front of her, as though she were a disobedient child who needed to be scolded, “enough with challenging ”

“I know you’re the king,” she said “Ifor honest answers And while you iven that your laws have been broken by your…creatures Possibly even by you,” she added as she moved away She crossed to the fireplace to war hall without slipping into her jacket

“Take this” Davian reloves and cloak, and offered the latter to her